Author: Axelson, Eric.
Title: Vasco Da Gama. The Diary of His Travels Through African Waters 1497-1499.
Description: Stephan-Phillips. Somerset West 1998. White cloth boards. 102pp. illustrated col.b/w small 8vo. No inscription, 4 square corners. A Fine copy in matching dustwrapper. ISBN: 9780620223881 Extensive introduction with Author's translation of the diary into English. Notes, bibliography, appendices on the location of Natal, Vasco da Gama post 1500, and the voyage and its related poetry both contemporary and more modern.

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